Problem is that there are (I believe) 61 million reasons the Yankees are going to make him play this season, fans like or dislike aside

What a bonehead contract. I hated the guy from before day 1 as a Yankee, just his attitude seemed off, and NEVER wanted him here.

Oh he'll probably break some HR record (can't recall exactly whose, but he is behind by 6 HRs for ...Mays or ?? someone, not the overall HR record that Bonds holds if you can call that a record), they will try to make him pay, er, play as much as possible.

And if he hits at all over .250, after the early season boos, stupid NYY fans will actually cheer.

Bart Giamatti / Bud Selig , MLB Players Association new all new about what was going on in Our sport for decades . If they wanted to stop it the could have but for the good of revenue for the teams it was not. It is an entertainment & business. Why some were tested & some were not ? ...the rules were there were no rules.

If he maned up in the beginning the story would have been different , He is what he is got what he deserved ..the fans will tell the story . On that note : my last game was Jeter's last in Yankee Stadium It is going to take a lot for me to go again. What is fun kids I know growing up (NY &NJ ) are now in MLB & in AAA/ AA . I'll follow them.

if baseball wants to speed up the game ...tell the pitching coaches to stay in the dug-out,unbelievable seems like NY Yankee pitching coach Larry Rothyschild makes a visit every inning ...on relief pitchers : they just warmed up in the pen ...now more pitches on the mound ?

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Someone told Ortiz the proposed penalty for stepping out of the box was a $500 fine. Would he prefer just to pay the money?
"Well, I might run out of money,'' he said. "I'm serious. I'm not going to change my game. I don't care what they say. My game, it's not like I go around and do all kinds of stupid s---. But I have to take my time and think about what that [pitcher] is going to do next. I'm pretty sure every single hitter at this level is on the same page."

If he keeps up his nonsense then he needs to be tossed out of the game.

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"How about all the pitchers who go around the mound and do all that bulls---,'' Ortiz said. "What about that? Why don't they tell the pitcher, 'Throw the pitch and stay on the mound. Don't move.'
"If they're going to do it on us, they should do it on the pitchers, too. We're not the only ones in the game, you know what I'm saying?"

This all came to a head back in 77 or 78 WS, dodgers/yankees, with a relief pitcher of theirs (can't recall who... had bushy hair... looking at the roster maybe it was Terry Foster?? ) whose claim to fame that year was taking like a minute between each pitch. Really frustrating to watch, and a joke.

go to any MLB game & see players standing around on the field in between innings games are held up because of commercials & announcements $$$ so it is all BS anyway. Night games on the west coast I'll watch Encore w/ Bob Lorenz to speed things up.